Meet the Leading Lady of West End FUNNY GIRL Revival - Sheridan Smith!

As BroadwayWorld reported last night, Menier Chocolate Factory's Funny Girl, starring Sheridan Smith, is heading to the West End. The sold-out production will transfer to the Savoy Theatre beginning April 9, 2016 for a 12-week run. Tickets will go on sale next month.

Smith returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory to play Fanny Brice. She previously appeared in Little Shop of Horrors for the company (also Duke of York's Theatre). Her other theatre work includes A Midsummer Night's Dream (Michael Grandage Company at the Noel Coward Theatre), Hedda Gabler (Old Vic), Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket - Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Actress), Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre - Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Tinderbox(Bush Theatre), The People are Friendly (Royal Court) and Into the Woods (Donmar Warehouse). For television, her credits include Blackwork, The C Word, Cilla, The Widower, The 7.39,Dates, Mr Stink, Mrs Biggs (BAFTA Best Actress), Accused, Scapegoat, Little Crackers, Jonathan Creek, Gavin & Stacey, Larkrise to Candleford, Grown Ups, Love Soup, Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps, The Royale Family and Wives and Daughters; and for film, The Huntsman, Powder Room, Quartet, Tower Block and Hysteria.

For more information, visit: http://www.funnygirlthemusical.co.uk/

In celebration of the big news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at some of Smith's best-known performances below!